Re: [mythtv-users] Advice on adding a second capture card

2006-01-23 Thread mrwester
On 1/23/06, John Biundo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: mrwester wrote:> The blurring you are referring to is deinterlacing artifacts and has nothing> to do with the capture card- rather the video card/display.Thanks for that diagnosis.  I've complained about this before, and I'

Re: [mythtv-users] Advice on adding a second capture card

2006-01-23 Thread mrwester
On 1/23/06, John Biundo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been wanting to add a second capture card almost since the momentof deploying my Mythtv box a couple of weeks ago.  I held off because Iwanted to stabilize things, but I'm now anxious to go ahead and shop for the second card.I'm still having a

Re: [mythtv-users] Simple kernel upgrade question

2006-01-20 Thread mrwester
On 1/20/06, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/20/06, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On 1/20/06, mrwester <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Thanks.  Just did as you said and got:[EMAIL PROTECTED] v4l-dvb]# modprobe dvb-bt8xx WARNING: Error inserting bttv (/

Re: [mythtv-users] Simple kernel upgrade question

2006-01-19 Thread mrwester
Thanks.  Just did as you said and got:[EMAIL PROTECTED] v4l-dvb]# modprobe dvb-bt8xx WARNING: Error inserting bttv (/lib/modules/2.6.14- 1.1656_FC4/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)WARNING: Error inserting bt878 (/lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1

Re: [mythtv-users] Simple kernel upgrade question

2006-01-19 Thread mrwester
Ok, that sounds good.  Which directory does this assume I begin in? You can double check in the linuxtv.org v4l wiki linked above to see if it matters, but it shouldn't.  I have directories where I keep drivers for install.  I think in my home directory I did: mkdir v4l_dvb cd v4l_dvb and o

Re: [mythtv-users] install ivtv-0.5.1 fails with ivtv: disagrees about version of symbol tveeprom_hauppauge_analog (make distclean doesn't help)

2006-01-19 Thread mrwester
At least with the .4.1 driver, I (and others reporting here) have only been able to get a PVR and a DVb card to work together by making the PVRcards use the *kernel* module tveeprom.If you moved/rename kernel modules, try changing them back and commentout the line in your modprobe.conf which has '

Re: [mythtv-users] Simple kernel upgrade question

2006-01-19 Thread mrwester
On 1/19/06, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: I want to get the 2.6.15 kernel so I can try to use my DVICO Fusion 5 Lite with QAM.  I've done kernel upgrades before, but never using yum with FC4.  I installed using Jarod's guide, so what's the best way to do this? You don't need to install

[mythtv-users] install ivtv-0.5.1 fails with ivtv: disagrees about version of symbol tveeprom_hauppauge_analog (make distclean doesn't help)

2006-01-13 Thread mrwester
Hi all- I'm having some trouble getting ivtv-0.5.1 installed.  I've followed the directions in the ivtvdriver.org howto, and I've  and tried  cd ivtv/v4l-kernel; make distclean as suggested in the troubleshooting.  Is there something more to that?  I've also tried  make distclean; make; make insta

Re: [mythtv-users] [linux-dvb] ivtv and dvb living together in same box

2006-01-11 Thread mrwester
Mike,Please post your modprobe.conf.-jason There are some commented items that are left over from old ivtv drivers... # cat /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth0 8139too alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c alias scsi_hostadapter sata_nv alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-card-0 index=0 install sn

[mythtv-users] ivtv and dvb living together in same box

2006-01-11 Thread mrwester
I'm in the process of setting up a new mythtv system and am having trouble getting ivtv-0.4.1 for my PVR-350 and PVR-500 and dvb kernel module from cvs of yesterday for a DViCO FusionHDTV5 lite to cooperate.  I used to have all 3 cards working in an older installation- with older cvs of DVB but doe

Re: [mythtv-users] how many concurrent recordings possible? in HD?

2005-12-13 Thread mrwester
On 12/13/05, Jay R. Ashworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:. What motherboard are you using?Some earlier VIA boards (KT266?  KT400?) had either interrupt or DMA collision problems.  Perhaps that's what's biting you. Some time ago, I had both the PVR cards in a KT400 system, but never got them to work t

Re: [mythtv-users] how many concurrent recordings possible? in HD?

2005-12-13 Thread mrwester
You might also consider moving your playback to a 2nd machine. If youremove playback from that existing machine, it should be able to keep up fine with HD recording/etc.In my experience the frontend process is very spikey (as are videodrivers), which can wreck havoc with dmas/irqs and getting stab

Re: [mythtv-users] how many concurrent recordings possible? in HD?

2005-12-13 Thread mrwester
On 12/12/05, casey dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Is the 350 physicaly closer to the DViCO than the 500.  It may be electical noise? I hadn't thought of that, but I did try various positions for all 3 cards, and/or just the PVR-350 and the DViCO, so I thin

Re: [mythtv-users] how many concurrent recordings possible? in HD?

2005-12-11 Thread mrwester
I don't think switching some slots around will make much difference.Biggest difference between your system (with glitches) and John without glitches is he isn't reliant on a single spindle forrecording.  You're using a 2 disk LVM which may mean that all yourI/O is on a single spindle, while John i

Re: [mythtv-users] how many concurrent recordings possible? in HD?

2005-12-09 Thread mrwester
On 12/9/05, John P Poet <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On 12/9/05, mrwester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Hi->  My mythtv system has 1xPVR-350, 1xPVR-500 using ivtv 0.4, and a newly added> DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite using DVB drivers.   1x200GB seagate+1x300GB seagate > HD LVM

[mythtv-users] how many concurrent recordings possible? in HD?

2005-12-09 Thread mrwester
Hi- My mythtv system has 1xPVR-350, 1xPVR-500 using ivtv 0.4, and a newly added DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite using DVB drivers.   1x200GB seagate+1x300GB seagate HD LVM with XFS for /video and 1x40GB seagate for FC4 OS. I have DMA enabled. DVI out via fx5200 at 1280x768.  Chaintech nforce2 mobo, AMD2900

Re: [mythtv-users] dvb hdtv capture resolution limited to 720x480 in mythtv? DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite

2005-12-02 Thread mrwester
On 12/1/05, Jesper Sörensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: mrwester wrote: > However, when I go into recording profiles, the max I can set is > 720x480, thereby limiting me to digital SD on the card.Those settings are not used for DVB recordings. Myth will record the raw MPEG-2 stream

[mythtv-users] dvb hdtv capture resolution limited to 720x480 in mythtv? DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite

2005-12-01 Thread mrwester
Hi- Forgive me if I missed something in the archives regarding these topics... I just added a DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite card to my working mythtv setup (18.1 from Axel's RPMs).  The system already has 1 x PVR-350 and 1 x PVR-500.   I'm using DVI out of a fx5200 to native resolution of my widescreen

[mythtv-users] Re: [linux-dvb] DViCO Fusion HDTV 5 Lite status?

2005-11-30 Thread mrwester
On 11/28/05, Michael Krufky <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: mrwester wrote:> Hi->> I've searched and am not 100% clear on the status of FusionHDTV 5 Lite> card.  If someone knows of a howto for these cards, please feel free> to point me in the right direction.  A general how

[mythtv-users] DViCO Fusion HDTV 5 Lite status?

2005-11-28 Thread mrwester
Hi- I've searched and am not 100% clear on the status of FusionHDTV 5 Lite card.  If someone knows of a howto for these cards, please feel free to point me in the right direction.  A general howto for these cards might go a long way for me, but unfortunately I've not found one.   My understanding

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 and PVR-500

2005-11-21 Thread mrwester
On 11/21/05, Brad DerManouelian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've currently got everything running VERY nicely (excepttranscoding) on my FC4 box with a PVR-350. I was thinking aboutadding a PVR-500 into the same box. I would continue to use the 350for watching Live TV and playing back recordings, but

Re: [mythtv-users] native resolution vs 1080i for HDTV and SD on1280x768 lcd?

2005-11-10 Thread mrwester
I'm not sure what you mean by native resolutions. Do you mean change the resolution depending on what you're watching? Is that possible in Myth? Even if that was possible, only CRT's support all native resolutions - all fixed pixel displays, such asyour 30" LCD will do their own conversion, either

[mythtv-users] native resolution vs 1080i for HDTV and SD on 1280x768 lcd?

2005-11-10 Thread mrwester
Hi- I'm contemplating adding a HDTV tuner and have a few quick questions, but 1st, some brief background.  Current myth setup is FC4 and 18.1 on AMD 2900, 512mb ram, 500gb of hard disks, 1xPVR-350, 1xPVR-500, chaintech fx5200, Olevia 30" LCD TV that has DVI, VGA, S-video in as well as HDTV ready (

Re: [mythtv-users] (Slightly OT) Multi room Multimedia playback

2005-10-17 Thread mrwester
On 10/17/05, Robert Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm curious if anyone has ever heard of a good solution to say play backan audio stream in many rooms at the same time, while keeping it in syncenough so they didn't clash. I think Slimserver-  http://www.slimdevices.com/ running either to squee

Re: [mythtv-users] fixing database- file deleted but still in recordings list

2005-09-23 Thread mrwester
On 9/23/05, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In thoery, you should be able to delete the recording anyway, as Myth> will "Touch" the file and then delete that touched file.>> At least, in SVN that's possible. I'm not sure if it made it into 0.18.1 or not.Don't think so. Touch the file a

[mythtv-users] fixing database- file deleted but still in recordings list

2005-09-22 Thread mrwester
Hi-  I've searched the archive and seen posts for myth.rebuilddatabase.pl, but my problem is the opposite.  The other night I was coming dangerously close to running out of disk space, so I, in rapid succession, deleted a 5-6 shows from within a mythtv frontend delete shows menu.  I could see that

Re: [mythtv-users] 350 Tv Out vs. Nvidia 5200

2005-08-23 Thread mrwester
> My FX5200 is terrible compared to my PVR 350. No contest. Maybe these > people either: > > 1.) Have terrible TVs > 2.) Use the DVI output on the FX5200? > One more data point: I'm using the TV-out on my PVR-350 instead of the DVI on my FX5200. No matter what I've done with the nvidia drivers

Re: [mythtv-users] Editing the XF86Config-4 File

2005-06-09 Thread mrwester
I think it's in the device section, you have to add something like: Option "ignoreEDID" "1" If you google around, you should find a better answer Mike On 6/9/05, Mat Kyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am hoping someone else out there is using a Debian based system and has a > little experiance

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit-R build problems.

2005-05-13 Thread mrwester
> > The real problem is the WinTV PVR 150. It doesn't fit. I did a few > google searches and realized people have been using the Pundit-R for > frontends rather than backends. I've got the box, what I need to know is > is there a tuner card that will fit? > As far as processor goes, I don't know

Re: [mythtv-users] anyone successfully running PVR-350, PVR-500mce in same box?

2005-05-11 Thread mrwester
> Lou was right. I only pass cx25840 i2c_enable to the 500 and now I > can get all three to encode. Getting the 500 to play nice with > tv-out of 350 during live-tv is another story... thanks, > So, on their own, each card will capture fine... and using the ati driver of pundit-r I can use a

Re: [mythtv-users] anyone successfully running PVR-350, PVR-500mce in same box?

2005-05-11 Thread mrwester
> > I have a 350 and 150, running 0.3.4j, and the 350 gets detected first as in > your setup. I've been told that for the cx25840 i2c_enable option, you don't > need to specify a value for 250/350 cards. So in your case it would be just > "options cx25840 i2c_enable=1,1 no_black_magic=1" Maybe

Re: [mythtv-users] anyone successfully running PVR-350, PVR-500mce in same box?

2005-05-10 Thread mrwester
On 5/10/05, Joe Votour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't have the exact same combo, but I do have a > PVR-250 and a PVR-500 working in the same box. > > I'm using Fedora Core 3 (Jarod's guide), and RPMs from > ATrpms. The kernel version is > 2.6.10-1.770_14.rhfc3.at, and the ivtv driver version

[mythtv-users] anyone successfully running PVR-350, PVR-500mce in same box?

2005-05-10 Thread mrwester
Hi- Looking for a quick fix. I'm trying to get 500mce and 350 cooperating in same box. I've tried tow systems . Pundit-R and KT-400 based. SuSE 9.2, latest IVTV drivers. 0.3.4j. Can only get 500 working when 350 isn't installed. If you've got both working, can you share your modprobe.conf an

Re: [mythtv-users] WAS: Help running FX5200 + DVI to 1280x720 projector NOW: 380XGL +DVI to 1280x768

2005-05-03 Thread mrwester
I'm going to hijack this thread, it seems to have died > Scott Alfter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to Discussion: > It is; you just need to use one of the modeline calculators that are > available. > I use an FX5200 to drive an LCD at 1280x768. I had another LCD before that > for a few days that alleg

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR500 in a Pundit?

2005-04-15 Thread mrwester
On 4/13/05, Niklas Brunlid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I'm probably about to replace the PVR250 in my Pundit I have to decide > between a new 250, a 150 (or 150MCE or 150LP), or a 500. Has anyone used a > 500 in a Pundit (old or new)? Is it a tight fit? The 250 fits but there is > less than 1mm

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-500 installation

2005-04-04 Thread mrwester
> This is my modules.conf if your curious. And to anyone else if you see > something redundant feel free to point it out. > > alias char-major-81 videodev > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv > alias char-major-81-1 ivtv > options saa7127 i2c_enable=-1,-1,-1,-1 > options cx25840 i2c_enable=1,1,1,1 no_blac

Re: [mythtv-users] Help with PVR-350

2005-04-01 Thread mrwester
On Apr 1, 2005 8:05 PM, Jeremy DeStefano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone have any suggestions on the following problem? > > I have IVTV installed, but when I run the /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb it fails > out with several fatal errors. I'd post them, but the machine is currently > at work, and I'm